Z44

Destroyer

Service Data

In Service: to 1948

Production Data

Ordered:
Builder: Deschimag, Bremen
Construction No: 1030
Laid down: 1942
Launched: 20 January 1944
Commissioned:

Technical Data

Type: Destroyer / Zerstörer
Class: Zerstörer 1936B

Displacement: 2,519 tons standard 3,542 tons full load
Length: 127 m
Beam: 12 m
Draft: 4.32 m
Propulsion: 2 × shafts 2 × Wagner geared turbines
Power: 70,000 shp
Propellers:
Speed: 36 knots
Range: 2,950 nautical miles at 19 knots
Crew: 330 men and officers
Armament:
5 × 12.7 cm L/45 SK C/34
carried 600 rounds
4 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
carried 8000 rounds
16 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 14000 to 16000 rounds
8 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
12 × torpedo's carried
4 × depth charge launchers
36 mines
Armour
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Film Clips: Kriegsmarine Film Footage

History

Career

20 January 1944
The destroyer Z44 is launched but not comleted.

29 July 1944
The destroyer Z44 is sunk by the British RAF.

1948 to 1949
The destroyer Z44 is broken up, and scrapped.

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Sources

German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330

German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X

German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378

For a complete list of sources